The Environmental Science of Drinking Water

by Patrick J. Sullivan, James J.J. Clark, Franklin J. Agardy

Book Overview

In today's chemically dependent society, environmental studies demonstrate that drinking water in developed countries contains numerous industrial chemicals, pesticides, pharmaceuticals and chemicals from water treatment processes. This poses a real threat. As a result of the ever-expanding list of chemical and biochemical products industry, current drinking water standards that serve to preserve our drinking water quality are grossly out of date...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0750678763
• ISBN13: 9780750678766
• Release Date: July 2005
• Publisher: Butterworth-Heinemann
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 1.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.3" x 9.2"